Russia in 1900
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Amazing Facts about Russia in 1900
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It was (and is still) the largest country in the world
There were over 100 languages spoken
In some places vodka was cheaper than water
If you visited the Tsar’s Winter Palace in St
Petersburg and looked at every precious object
for 1 minute each, it would take you 11 years to
see everything
It took 7 days to travel from the East of Russia to
the West by train (9000km)
Put these events in chronological
order…
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Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
The First World War
The Russian Revolutions
Stalin dies and Khrushchev becomes leader of the Soviet
Union
Russia becomes the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union collapses
The Cold War
Lenin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
Start of the 20th century
Tsar Nicholas II crowned
The Second World War